The new SDG Loan Fund is one of largest “blended finance” funds to date and could serve as a model for efforts to put private capital to work in meeting the UN Sustainable Development Goals, according to news coverage in Impact Alpha. “The ratio between the dollars committed to the guarantee and the dollars ultimately unlocked from the private investors is a 40:1 ratio,” said Debra Schwartz with the MacArthur Foundation, noting the foundation’s catalytic capital commitment. “That’s a pretty efficient use of our impact investment, we think.”
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